Cincinnati Music Festival, Blink’s 2024 return | Daily Briefing – The Cincinnati Enquirer

July 20, 2023

Hello hello, Cincinnati. I’m Joshua Medintz, entertainment intern for The Enquirer.

It’s Thursday, the new Friday, so let’s get ready for the weekend.

The Cincinnati Music Festival kicks off tonight with rap legends Rakim, Slick Rick and more celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center.

The festival continues through Saturday at Paycor Stadium with the likes of Al Green, Babyface, Jill Scott and Snoop Dogg.

We put together everything you need to know about Cincinnati Music Festival in one spot, including some related events around town, right here. If you want to learn more about ALL the performers in the lineup, you can read my mini get-to-know-ya bios here.

And there’s more music news! The Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame is hosting its grand opening at noon on Saturday outside Andrew J. Brady. Click here for all the details.

Cincinnati is setting up for quite the party this weekend. In case you can’t make it – or if you just want to relive the magic all over again – I’ll be there each night to capture the big moments, so follow along at Cincinnati.com to not miss a beat.

It should be a blast.

What else you need to know Thursday, July 20

Weather:High of 84. A few thunderstorms, some severe; humid with some sun.

That’s So Cincinnati podcast: From ‘party-throwing guys’ to Cincinnati visionaries.

Frisch’s: Egg-cellent news! The return of weekday breakfast bar.

Basketball: UC, Dayton to play renew rivalry this December at Heritage Bank Center.

Today in History: On June 20, 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted for refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Before you go: Look back at CMF 2022, with Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson was the big name at last year’s Cincinnati Music Festival. Will Snoop be able to one-up the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee?

Check out all of Sam Greene‘s photos from the final night of the festival in 2022 – featuring Janet Jackson, The O’Jays and more – here. Not enough year-old nostalgia for ya? Friday night last year also brought Keyshia Cole, Charlie Wilson and Tony! Toni! Tone!, so check out Cara Owsley‘s photos from that night here.